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BS 6907-5:1988

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Electrical installations for open-cast mines and quarries Recommendations for operation

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English

Published date

30-09-1988

Foreword
Committees responsible
Recommendations
1 Scope
2 Restrictions on access by personnel
3 Operations involving personnel working in the
    vicinity of exposed live parts
4 Movement of vehicles and machinery in the vicinity
    of overhead lines
5 Operational development
6 Moving of cables
7 Protection of cables
8 Moving of overhead lines
9 Electric shot-firing operations
10 Additional precautions
11 Temporary operation of equipment
Table
1 Minimum clearances for the movement of vehicles and
    machinery under and in the vicinity of overhead
    lines

Guiding principles for installation and operation of electrical equipment to ensure safety of persons, livestock, property and the proper functioning of the plant.

This Part of BS 6907 gives recommendations for normal operating procedures which should be carried out to ensure the safety of personnel.

NOTE 1. These procedures may be varied in certain circumstances where a planned operation is performed under controlled conditions.

NOTE 2. The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on page 5.

Committee
W/-
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 86/75884 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2011. (12/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
8
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
IEC 60621-5:1987 Similar to

BS 6907-2:1988 Electrical installations for open-cast mines and quarries General recommendations for protection against direct contact and electric shock
BS 6907-4:1988 Electrical installations for open-cast mines and quarries Recommendations for winning, stacking and processing machinery, pumps and low signal level and communications systems
BS 6767-2:1998 Transportable accommodation units Recommendations for design and installation of services and fittings with guidance on transportation, siting and aspects relating to habitation

BS 6907-2:1988 Electrical installations for open-cast mines and quarries General recommendations for protection against direct contact and electric shock
BS 6907-1:1988 Electrical installations for open-cast mines and quarries Glossary

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